Colorado-Shooting Suspect Formally Charged with 24 Counts of Murder

Ten days after James Holmes allegedly opened fire in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, the 24-year-old former doctoral student has been formally charged by Colorado prosecutors with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder. Holmes, who had reportedly been planning the July 20th massacre for four months, was also charged with one count of possession of explosives. Police who entered his apartment after the shooting said that Holmes had booby-trapped his apartment with a sophisticated system of explosives.

In response to the horrifying incident, during which 12 people were killed and 58 were wounded or injured, Warner Bros. announced plans to make a “generous” donation to aid the victims. Additionally, The Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer has produced a song to benefit them called “Aurora.”